The Welles Raft

(A jangada de Welles)
Petrus Cariry, Firmino Holanda | Documentary

2020 | 75 minutes | Brazil

During Orson Welles' filming of It's All True in Brazil, a fishermen's raft vanishes at sea, evoking memories of dictatorship, WWII, and labor rights battles.

Cinema Studies Economics + Social Class Issues Political Science South America
Synopsis

In 1942, Orson Welles was in Brazil filming his documentary It's All True about Carnival and the Jangadeiros (Brazillian fishermen) when the raft of the leader of the Jangadeiros, Manuel Jacaré, swallowed by the sea.

The fact evokes memories of the dictatorship of the Estado Novo, of World War II, of Ceará fishermen's struggle for labor rights and housing in their traditional space - target of real estate speculation.

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Main credits

Holanda, Firmino (film director)
Holanda, Firmino (screenwriter)
Cariry, Petrus (film director)
Cariry, Petrus (screenwriter)
Maia, Teta (film producer)

Other credits

Cinematography, Petrus Cariry; editing, Petrus Cariry, Magno Guimarães, Firmino Holanda; music, João Victor Barroso.


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Orson Welles,filmmaking,Brazil,Brasil,Carnival,Jangadeiros,Manuel Jacaré,cinema studies,film studies,cinema,film,movies,motion pictures,film history,film production,film criticism,cinema history,cinema production,cinema criticism,movie history,movie production,movie criticism,history of cinema,history of film,economics,social class,money,capital,capitalism,class,economy,prejudice,intersectionality,inequality,poverty,income gap,wage gap,class warfare,elitism,snobbery,bourgeois,poverty,upper class,middle class,lower class,nouveau riche; "The Welles Raft"; Pragda Films
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Festivals

Cinelatino - Rencontres De Toulouse; Sanfic - Santiago International Film Festival; Festin Lisbon Film Festival; São Paulo International Film Festival; Florianopolis Audiovisual Mercosul - Best Documentary

DIRECTOR: Petrus Cariry, Firmino Holanda

NATIONALITY: Brazil

YEAR: 2020

GENRE: Documentary

LANGUAGE: Portuguese; English

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adults

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